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The final form and content of legislation is a matter for Parliament or, in the case of Legislative Instruments, the person or body responsible for making the Legislative Instruments. There are therefore some instances where the Parliamentary Counsel Office is unable to publish legislation (including Bills and Supplementary Order Papers) in a form that fully complies with the Standards.

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Disclaimer

This website provides official and unofficial legislation. Official legislation displays the New Zealand Coat of Arms on the front page. PDFs without the New Zealand Coat of Arms, and HTML versions that do not display the New Zealand Coat of Arms at the top of their View whole versions, are not official. If legislation is not official it should not be relied on as the authoritative text.

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Although the Parliamentary Counsel Office endeavours to create particular links within and between legislation on the website, it will not always be possible to do so.

Note that in the case of Other Instruments, only links to the websites on which they are located are provided on this website, rather than the Other Instruments themselves. The Parliamentary Counsel Office relies on information received from agencies responsible for administering Other Instruments. Because of this, the Parliamentary Counsel Office does not assume responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of the links provided. For advice about particular Other Instruments, contact the agency responsible for administering them.

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